New Layouts and News

Today I have scrap fever. I came back from Summer School teaching and just felt great about my pictures. I bought some new Basic Grey not too long ago and really tried to use as much patterned paper together as I could. I am starting to feel very comfortable with it. And I love my ZOO pictures. It was so much fun. It is hard to believe it was almost two years ago. And now I just found out that we are going to an exotic animal refuge this coming weekend, so I am keyed up about that.

This past weekend we were down South and the girls had their birthday party. We got them DVDs and a really cool dinosaur pop-up book and a teacher Barbie. Just had to do that. Tonight is fondue night with a killer cheese recipe and great company (Josh and Audra ... love those kids!)

Tomorrow night is Bud T-shirt night at Busch and best believe we will be there with bells on. Have a wonderful 4th of July Weekend. We both have to work Monday, so we are going to take a trip down to TN next week to see my Dad for his 50th... hehehe

Take Care!
Go Cards!!!

Happy Father's Day!

First and foremost, Happy Father's Day to all you Dads out there. Today has been a relaxing day. We called our Dads with well wishes and made dinner and even dessert! I love my husband's stuffed ricotta shells. YUMMY!!! Today I worked a lot on a new layout of my 2 neices. They are so cute.

Next weekend is the girls' birthday party. We are so excited to see those little munchkins. I can't believe they are 2 and 5 already. Not too much is going on otherwise. Have a great night.

Hot Sun in the Summer Time

Well today was my first day out in the sun since school has been out. I believe I have now been given the name Mater. For those of you who have not met this crazy character from the movie CARS, get out there and see it. I think this is my favorite Pixar movie yet.Tyler and I went up to Chicago right before our anniversary to stay and enjoy the good food and sight-seeing. We went to see Cars one night and loved it. Mater introduces himself and his line is " My name is Mater, like Ta-Mater without the Ta" ..... LOVE IT!

We also got to see the new exhibit at the Field Museum, King Tut. Oh my goodness, that exhibit is out of this world. It is so surreal to see items from history that are so old! We ate at the Melting Pot and had such a great time. It had been a long time since we had been able to get away with just the two of us and we made the most out of it!


To get back to Mater...today we went out to the pool and I got fried. My whole body is just smoking right now. Steam is coming off of me. It is going to be one of those nights. Aloe, here I come. I have also been a busy, busy gal in the world of Scrap. I am trying to get caught up on my albums so I can start on my parent's album. All in good time. Here are my latest triumphs. Enjoy!

So I am not so good at this blogging thing...

Well today is the first afternoon of my summer where I have not had plans. So what do I do?
I sit at my computer and Pea. (www.twopeasinabucket.com)
It has to be my very favorite thing to do. Love the inspiration. Love the chatting. So it is all good. Anyways, not quite sure what else to say. Here is my latest layout. Enjoy!

My new favorite page!

I had a blast last night playing with my new stamps and came up with a new Layout that I really am loving right now. I am so happy with the result. It calms my worries that I couldn't scrap anything that had to do with boys :) I also just sent the last of our First year pictures into Walgreen's to be printed. One year down, one to go.... and then on to my parent's Family Album. Take care!

Procrastination

Procrastination should be my middle name. I procrastinate for anything and everything. I wait for the very last minute to do just about anything. In my classroom, I procrastinate grading papers, printing grades, making updates, putting up bulletin boards... you name it, I wait to do it. But the thing is.... sometimes the longer I wait the better it turns out. I am a master procrastinator. I procrastinate at least one thing each day, if not a dozen things. I really can't figure out why I feel the need, but it is my thing. I have always been a procrastinator. I don't think it really bugs my family too much, but sometimes it works against me because my husband is a master procrastinator as well. At least we can't give each other too much grief about it! :)

Collections

This is my first time doing a blog challenge. Today's topic is collections. This took a bit of time to figure out what I actually collect and it came to me. I collect RIBBON. I love ribbon. All of the beautiful colors and textures. Grosgrain, shear, satin..... checkered, polka dots, stripes and all. Ribbon makes me happy. I have been collecting ribbon for just over a year, when I started scrapbooking. I saw all of the great layouts in the different galleries and knew I had to get into the ribbon craze. My ribbon is kept in photo boxes, multiple boxes, and is always at an arm's length. I know this might not a common collection, but it allows me to have so much color in one place. There are so many places to get ribbon. I shop at Michael's, JoAnn's, Hobby Lobby, and my LSS. Ribbon is a good thing. :)